I had the same feelings working from home full time prior to the pandemic.

The all-company meet ups were the best part about the job(other than the pay I guess).

I actually took a job back with my prior employer with the hopes I could return to an office in some capacity, but we are all remote now. Boo!

> The all-company meet ups were the best part about the job(other than the pay I guess).

To each his own, but all-company meetups are the most god-awful type of event there is. The feigned enthusiasm about company stuff, self-promotions, office politics, elevator pitches, people patting their own backs, etc etc etc. All in all, a colosal waste of time and resources.

Right, I typically hate them. But in the context of a fully remote job it is the only opportunity I have to spend time with my colleagues in the flesh. It is also the only opportunity I have to spend time with them _outside of my home_.

I had a remote gig about a year before the pandemic. In some regards it was easier. But I always found remote work isolating and cross-team collaboration lacking. The isolation was semi-fixable with a WeWork. But there’s not really a good solution a line-level worker can do to improve collaboration if other folks don’t also want it.

EDIT: I suppose the lack of collaboration could’ve also been company culture. Be cautious when the sample size is small.